Surname Stegne in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Stegne families are Croats (from Bjelovar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and in Bjelovar area. In Novaki Lipnički in Ozalj area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Stegne.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Stegne live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Severin (<10) and Stara Raca (<10) in Bjelovar area, Hreljin (<5), Krizevci (<5), and in Bizovac in Valpovo area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Stegne is present in 6 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Tihomir Stegne, Dejan Stegne, Željko Stegne, Tomislav Stegne, Danijela Stegne, Mario Stegne, Silvija Stegne, Marko Stegne, Ivan Stegne, Vladimir Stegne, Marica Stegne, Josip Stegne, Branka Stegne, Milan Stegne, Ivica Stegne, Antonio Stegne, Slađana Stegne, Antonija Stegne, Franjo Stegne

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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